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Yes, that’s the conclusion I’m coming to. I think I’ll pass on the 28-200. I’m in Scotland at the moment and finding that the 14-28 + 24-105 are both great lenses that perform really well and cover most of the range I need. I’ve got the 70-300 too and actually that’s a great performer as well. I can take the extra weight for the time being!
Ha, in the end I thought you would come to that conclusion and that makes sense. I'm still waiting for the 70-300 and more eagerly waiting for that one than the 24-105 right now. I've even bought a dedicated "Manfrotto Advanced Fast" backpack to properly protect the S5ii, 24-105 & 70-300. This caution is mainly for cycling around and while I don't fall off much being an ex-racing cyclist I took chances before with lenses just in a thin neoprene zip bag. This is fine for hiking but that kind of money hitting the road wouldn't be good.
Same here. I have not been to Scotland enough, and am looking forward to what you post. My only real tour of Scotland was oh so many years ago, with my girl friend. I knew, but she didn’t, that when we got over to Denmark I was going to propose marriage when we were in Copenhagen, in the Tivoli Gardens. That happened, and we’ve been married now for 42 years. Our time in Scotland is a bit of a distant memory, but we still talk about it now and then. Our biggest challenge, the further north we went the less we could understand the local English accent. It was even worse in pubs later in the evening. For some reason they could understand our American accents, but it didn’t work the other way, and we remember how much we enjoyed struggling to communicate, and learning about life in Scotland. And the scenery was great.
That's a lovely story Charles. You and your wife must come back to Scotland. My wife and I spent three years in Ipswich, MA back in the late 90s and we went back for a few weeks last Oct. It was great to revisit places we spent time at In our early years together.
I only live 30 miles away from Scotland and can't understand them either
The opposite are Irish from West Cork and Kerry region where they speak so fast it can be difficult for me to understand them or at all depending on age.
I've been watching some TV shows based in Scotland (Shetland, Annika) so am getting used to the accent. The most difficult to understand was the Welsh show Hinterland. Curiously, Smother (set in Ireland) was easier to understand.I only live 30 miles away from Scotland and can't understand them either
Americans are loud (I jest sort of) and talk very slowly and the Scots watch them on TV so that's why they understand you
Scot's and Irish have big variations with accents and language to a lesser extent, it's collections of Anglo-Gaelic dialect where the languages combined. Saying all this England has crazy variations too. All in all it is so different to the USA.
Yes in general I think it is easier to understand but a TV production needs to be for today's worldwide audience.
Excellent, that is about the best you can get. It does indeed transmit more light and I confirm this with my Hoya Fusion & Marumi Exus vs legacy CPLs I own and you can leave it on the lens almost always which is good with the polariser turned off as such. TBH compared to the legacy CPLs sometimes it was difficult to see the darkening on an optical viewfinder unless you had a subject like windows or water to see the reduction in light reflection, that's how good they are. With the legacy CPLs you could gauge the amount of polarisation by the darkening alone.
Ha ha!
Thanks, I have heard of both films but haven't watched either. I might give them a try.
I had heard on the LUMIX Live webcasts that the PDAF system's effectiveness can be impacted by filters so figured this new Hoya product would be a good bet.
Yes, heat haze is a problem here particularly in summer. A number of train photos I took with the 70-300 in warmer months last year were badly impacted. The only solution is to wait until the train is closer.
Thanks, I hope it works out well. I couldn't find a local store that had it in stock, so I ordered through Amazon and they are shipping it from the UK. Scheduled to arrive in just over a week.You've probably bought the best value for money equipment ever so looking forward to seeing what you can do with it and welcome to the polarisation society
Possibly not good with the slower 24-200 then....a reason to use the faster lenses you already have.
Yes all you can do there is be creative with it.
Quicker than I get, almost seems made to order regarding Lumix as I said in dpreview thread.
I can't open any of the sample galleries
They seem to have blocked it to anyone using an ad-blocker. I was able to see it in an incognito window, though with ads of course.I can't open any of the sample galleries
It looks really good, like a bridge camera but much better. At distance it looks good too for those interested in landscape.
Yes, I had the same problem. I have to say that bit by bit the new owners of DPReview are making it more and more annoying with intrusive ads. And even worse - my pet hate - autostart videos. It's unusable without an ad-blocker. I can see my giving up entirely with it. We need to make sure this is the go-to place for L-mount!!
